HD 40 candidate Erick Allen

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Erick Eugene Allen (D-Atlanta)

District 40 (Cobb & Fulton counties)

Erick Allen, a former administrator at the state Department of Behavioral Health, has raised more than $62,000 for two legislative races. His top donors include two unions — the Teamsters and the Electrical Workers — as well as current and former Democratic elected officials.

Candidates may give campaign funds to other candidates, a practice that some say provides a legal means to circumvent contribution limits. A 2003 bill to ban such transfers altogether passed in the Senate but died in the House. Allen’s campaign has made no such donations.